Name a book critic favorite that you didn’t like

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Anonymous wrote:The Goldfinch

I bought it and couldn't get into it. I was the. On vacation a few years later and bought it again. Forgetting completely that I hated it. Started it and was so irritated. The reviews and back cover are so good. When it came out as a movie I was floored. Movie is terrible too!

I agree, but I never spent money on it. Thankfully.

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Anonymous wrote:Olive Kitteridge - could NOT get into it. Just bored.

Loathed Olive Kitteridge, but I loved Strout's later book Oh, William and have Lucy by the Sea (same characters as Oh, William) in my queue.

I loved Olive Kitteridge- such a refreshingly flawed female character with depth.

It's possible to write a book about a flawed female character with depth that is not absolutely depressing.

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The Secret History

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

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A Little Life wasn't quite my tempo

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OP here. I also really disliked “Little Fires Everywhere.” I really don’t get what critics see in that one.

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Fleishman is in Trouble. I wondered if the author hadn’t been in the industry, it never would have gotten published let alone received rave reviewed from industry insiders.

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I don’t like a lot of book critic recommendations these days. Man Booker award finalists? I immediately pass. I like family sagas, epic books, richly layered and well plotted. I do not like over-written books, which describe almost all Man Booker award winners.

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Anonymous wrote:A Little Life wasn't quite my tempo

+10,0000. I want to yeet this trauma porny, derivative trash into the sun. And holy god, if a book ever needed a merciless editor.

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The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty.

WTF did I just read. It's on so many "best of 2022" lists. How is this possible? Give the publicists for this book a raise cause it is HORRIBLE. It took me nearly 3 weeks to read when I usually read a book every 2-3 days max. I'm so stunned by how awful it was that I can't even describe why.

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Anonymous wrote:The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty.

WTF did I just read. It's on so many "best of 2022" lists. How is this possible? Give the publicists for this book a raise cause it is HORRIBLE. It took me nearly 3 weeks to read when I usually read a book every 2-3 days max. I'm so stunned by how awful it was that I can't even describe why.

Bad news for me since it's on my list to read. Just curious to know if we share the same taste, what are your couple of other examples that you liked and disliked?

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Bad news for me since it's on my list to read. Just curious to know if we share the same taste, what are your couple of other examples that you liked and disliked?

Here's my quoted favorites list from the other thread (edited for brevity purposes). Also, this thread names one of my all-time favorite books several times, A Little Life. Was also a big fan of The Goldfinch, which is mentioned here several times.

Anonymous wrote:Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby van Pelt

And honorable mention to The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne, not because it didn't deserve to be in the top 5 but because I finished it on 12/31/2021.

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Anonymous wrote:
Bad news for me since it's on my list to read. Just curious to know if we share the same taste, what are your couple of other examples that you liked and disliked?

Here's my quoted favorites list from the other thread (edited for brevity purposes). Also, this thread names one of my all-time favorite books several times, A Little Life. Was also a big fan of The Goldfinch, which is mentioned here several times.

Anonymous wrote:Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby van Pelt

And honorable mention to The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne, not because it didn't deserve to be in the top 5 but because I finished it on 12/31/2021.

Thank you PP! I'm removing The Rabbit Hatch from my ridiculously loooong To-Read List. I loved A Little Life and The Goldfinch. I did enjoy T&T&T but to be honest, it's not among my favorite ones. Remarkably Bright Creatures has been on my To Read list and looks like is staying.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Bad news for me since it's on my list to read. Just curious to know if we share the same taste, what are your couple of other examples that you liked and disliked?

Here's my quoted favorites list from the other thread (edited for brevity purposes). Also, this thread names one of my all-time favorite books several times, A Little Life. Was also a big fan of The Goldfinch, which is mentioned here several times.

Anonymous wrote:Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby van Pelt

And honorable mention to The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne, not because it didn't deserve to be in the top 5 but because I finished it on 12/31/2021.

Thank you PP! I'm removing The Rabbit Hatch from my ridiculously loooong To-Read List. I loved A Little Life and The Goldfinch. I did enjoy T&T&T but to be honest, it's not among my favorite ones. Remarkably Bright Creatures has been on my To Read list and looks like is staying.

Hutch*

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Anonymous wrote:The Secret History

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Thank you! Finally someone can join me in not liking Tomorrow.

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Anonymous wrote:The Secret History

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Thank you! Finally someone can join me in not liking Tomorrow.

There was an older discussion on Tomorrow. Have seen it?